Hoop Dreams On Wheels

Author : Ronald Berger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135890773
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hoop Dreams on Wheels written by Ronald Berger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-08-27 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sociological account of wheelchair athletics, intended for use in courses on disability, the sociology of sport, and social problems – that challenges societal stereotypes about people with disabilities.

Author : Ronald Berger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135890765
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hoop Dreams on Wheels written by Ronald Berger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-08-27 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hoop Dreams on Wheels is a life-history study of wheelchair athletes associated with a premier collegiate wheelchair basketball program. The book, which grapples with the intersection of biography and history in society, situates the study in broader context with background on the history and sociology of disability and disability sports. It documents the development and evolution of the basketball program and tells the individual life stories of the athletes, highlighting the formative interpersonal and institutional experiences that influenced their agentive actions and that helped them achieve success in wheelchair sports. It also examines divisions within the disability community that reveal both empowering and disempowering aspects of competitive wheelchair athletics, and it explores some of the complexities and dilemmas of disability identity in contemporary society. The book is intended to be read by a general audience as well as by students in college courses on disability, sports, social problems, deviance, medical sociology and anthropology, and introductory sociology. It also will be of interest to scholars in the sociology of disability, sociology of sports, and medical humanities, as well as life-history researchers and professionals in the fields of physical education, therapeutic recreation, and rehabilitative counseling.

Author : Ben Joravsky
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060976896
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hoop Dreams written by Ben Joravsky and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1996-02-02 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly five years Arthur Agee's and William Gates' remarkable lives were chronicled by a team of filmmakers. Roughly 250 hours of film were devoted to their journeys from the playgrounds to high school competition to college recruitment and -- whittled down to three hours -- it became the award-winning film Hoop Dreams. Now journalist Ben Joravsky vividly brings to light all the richness and subtlety of their stories, and the impact their aspirations had on themselves, their families and their relationships. It is an intimate look, complete with an up-to-date epilogue on the latest developments in their lives.

Author : Ben Joravsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780060976903
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hoop Dreams written by Ben Joravsky and published by . This book was released on 1996-02-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning journalist Ben Joravsky vividly brings to life all the richness and subtlety of the experiences of Arthur Agee and William Gates, two gifted urban hoopsters determined to make it to the NBA, in this intimate, suspenseful, and heart-wrenching adaptation of the award-winning, commercially successful film documentary. 25 photos.

Author : Ben Joravsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780736231954
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hoop Dreams written by Ben Joravsky and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William and Arthur have the potential to go to the NBA, but living in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in America could mean trouble for their hopes. Will basketball be their ticket to a better life?

Author : Paul Robert Walker
Publisher : Turner Publications Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781570361975
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hoop Dreams written by Paul Robert Walker and published by Turner Publications Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Arthur and William, basketball means everything and is the only escape from the grim streets of Chicago.

Author : Ronald J. Berger
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 073918895X
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream written by Ronald J. Berger and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream is a collaborative effort to tell the life story of Jon A. Feucht, a man who was born with a form of cerebral palsy that left him reliant on a wheelchair for mobility, with limited use of his arms and an inability to speak without an assistive communication device. It is a story about finding one’s voice, about defying low expectations, about fulfilling one’s dreams, and about making a difference in the world. Sociologist C. Wright Mills famously called for a “sociological imagination” that grapples with the intersection of biography and history in society and the ways in which personal troubles are related to public issues. Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream heeds this call through a qualitative “mixed–methods” study that situates Feucht’s life in broader social context, understanding disability not just as an individual experience but also as a social phenomenon. In the tradition of disability studies, it also illuminates an experience of disability that avoids reading it as tragic or pitiable. Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream is intended as an analytical and empirical contribution to both disability studies and qualitative sociology, to be read by social science scholars and students taking courses in disability studies and qualitative research, as well as by professionals working in the fields of special education and speech pathology. Written in an accessible style, the book will also be of interest to lay readers who want to learn more about disability issues and the disability experience.

Author : Ian Wellard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317644247
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Researching Embodied Sport written by Ian Wellard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite a growing interest in the sociology of the body, there has to date been a lack of scholarly work addressing the embodied aspects which form a central part of our understanding and experience of sport and movement cultures. Researching Embodied Sport explores the political, social and cultural significance of embodied approaches to the study of sport, physical activities and dance. It explains how embodied approaches fit with existing theory in studies of sport and movement cultures and makes a compelling case for incorporating an embodied approach into the study of sporting practices and experience. The book adopts a multi-disciplinary lens, moving beyond the traditional dualism of body and mind, and incorporating the physical with the social and the psychological. It applies key theories that have shaped our thinking about the body and sport, and examines both the personal, subjective experience of sporting activities and those experiences involving engagement and contact with other people, in team sports for example. The book also explores the methodological implications of ‘doing’ embodied research, particularly in terms of qualitative approaches to sports research. Written by a team of leading international sports researchers, and packed with vivid examples from sporting contexts as diverse as surfing, fell running, korfball and disability sport, Researching Embodied Sport is fascinating reading for any advanced student or researcher working in the sociology of sport, physical cultural studies, physical education, body studies or health studies.

Author : Jake Maddox
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1496504941
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hoop Hustle written by Jake Maddox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian's hoop dreams are in jeopardy after his dad forces him to volunteer at the local senior center. Can his new friend at the center help him work hard and make varsity?

Author : Brett Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134922760
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paralympics and Disability Sport written by Brett Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic research on the Paralympics and disability sport is growing. University courses, governing bodies, and sporting organisations are also witnessing a rise of interest in disabled sport. This book is therefore timely and of importance. Written by leading scholars, it addresses a variety of topics in relation to the Paralympics and disability sport. These include: the sociology of Paralympic sport; sport coaching at recreational and elite level; sport history and exercise rehabilitation; exercise participation; and future directions for disability sport research. Throughout the book, disability sport is both celebrated and critically examined. Critical questions are raised, and practical suggestions offered, about being a Paralympian, coaching athletes with a disability, and exercise as a form of rehabilitation. Empirical evidence is drawn from different people and various sports. These range from autoethnographic stories from a former Paralympian, to interviews with disability sport administrators, to observations of and interviews with coaches of athletes in the sports of adapted water skiing, para-swimming, and wheelchair basketball, rugby and tennis. The book will be of interest to sociologists of sport, sport coaches, sport and exercise psychologists, disability scholars, qualitative researchers, and disability sporting organisations. This book was published as a special issue of Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health.